Once you’ve decided that you’re ready to improve the appearance of your smile, it’s time to start thinking about treatment options. When you’re evaluating
cosmetic dentistry solutions, you want to make sure that you’re thinking about all of the ways in which a treatment does or does not meet your needs.
Keep reading to learn more about what our Cheney cosmetic dentists consider when crafting a treatment plan
for our patients.

Ideal Timeline

Sometimes patients come into our office with a specific treatment deadline in mind. Maybe they’re getting ready for a special event, like a wedding or
a reunion, and they want their smile to look fresh and healthy. If you are looking to achieve results in a limited period of time, please let our dental
team know—we can help you with fast, sometimes same-day, treatments.

Range of Cosmetic Goals

If you’re just trying to address one cosmetic issue, say, stained teeth, you’ll have a number of treatment options from which to choose. If, on the other
hand, you’re wanting to address multiple cosmetic issues at once, you may benefit from a more comprehensive, transformative aesthetic solution, like
porcelain veneers. The treatment you ultimately choose needs to meet all of your needs.

Post-Treatment Maintenance

Different cosmetic treatments actually require different levels of post-care follow-up in order to maintain results. Professional dental whitening, for
example, needs to be repeated every once in a while, in order to keep enamel looking white and fresh. Cosmetic veneers, on the other hand, are naturally
stain resistant.

If you feel overwhelmed by all of the information available about cosmetic dentistry treatments, you are certainly not alone. Our Cheney cosmetic dentists are here to help you gather, organize, and process all of this data. Give us a call to get started by scheduling your personal consultation with our
team!

More and more patients are coming to our Cheney dentists with questions about acid erosion. As this dental problem
becomes more well-known, and there are more oral hygiene products formulated to treat it, patients want to make sure that they are doing what they
can to protect their smiles. Our dental team has put together this short explanation of acid erosion—how it develops and how you can safeguard
your smile. Let’s get started!

Your dental enamel is the outermost layer of your tooth, and it is designed to protect inner tooth layers from damage and sensitivity. However, dental
enamel isn’t indestructible. When your enamel comes into contact with acidic substances, it is temporarily softened. At this point your tooth is at
risk of becoming damaged, and your enamel is at risk of thinning.

To protect your teeth, you want to make sure that you do not brush your teeth for at least twenty to thirty minutes after acid exposure. It takes this
long for your enamel to balance out and become less porous. In the meantime, you can rinse your mouth with water, as this will minimize the amount
of acid sitting on your teeth, and it will prompt your body to produce saliva.

Once you understand the mechanics of acid erosion, you can also take steps to limit the amount of time that your enamel is soft and vulnerable. The best
way to do this is consume acidic substances in specific, time-limited sittings, rather than eating or drinking throughout the day. This simple tweak
to your routine will minimize the amount of time that your enamel is at risk.

As always, our Cheney dentists are happy to give you any additional information that you may need about acid erosion,
and oral health in general. Please feel free to give us a call to learn more and to schedule a personal consultation!

When patients are dealing with tooth loss, it’s very important for them to find restorative treatments quickly. Obviously tooth loss poses some aesthetic
problems, but it can also lead to additional dental damage down the road.

Our Cheney dental implant dentists have found that this type of permanent replacement tooth are only becoming more
popular with patients of many ages. Keep reading to learn more about why so many people choose dental implants!

Permanence and Peace of Mind

Dental implants are actually grounded into the patient’s jawbone tissue. So, once your replacement tooth is in place, it’s not going anywhere. You don’t
have to worry about your new tooth slipping around or falling out. Plus, you’ll find that it’s easy to care for your dental implant, as you can brush
and floss normally.

Health Benefits

Losing a tooth can start a chain reaction of oral health problems for a patient. The empty space in the patient’s smile becomes ground zero for further
infection, destabilization, and jawbone deterioration. Because dental implants actually have replacement roots as well as crowns, they help to support
the surrounding natural bone tissue, and to keep your natural teeth from moving.

Customization

When our dentists place dental implants, we personalize the shape, size, and color of the replacement tooth to blend with the patient’s existing smile.
We’ll use your natural teeth as guidelines to help us design the perfect dental implant for you. The end result is a replacement tooth that looks natural,
and enhances the smile as a whole.

These are just a few of the reasons that so many people turn to dental implants when faced with unexpected tooth loss. Our Cheney dental implant dentists are happy to give you more information about all of your restorative options—so give us a call to get started with a personal consultation!